"Too Many MARTHA'S and Not Enough MARY'S!"

The story of Mary and Martha of Bethany is the tale of two cities. It is the story of two sisters with two agendas. They were the two sisters of Lazarus; that's right, the same Lazarus that Jesus raised from the dead and they were very close friends with the Lord.

However, Jesus had a very different relationship with the sisters; and it was specifically based upon the way they attended to Him in His Presence. 

Martha was the gregarious hostess who was eager to serve Jesus and His disciples upon their arrival at their home. She was busy coordinating seating, meals and sleeping arrangements but Mary was fixated on Jesus; sitting at His feet and listening to His wisdom as He taught the Word (Luke 10:39-42). The lesson in this scripture is all about establishing your priorities. 

In short, Jesus was telling Martha that she needed to get her priorities straight. She was "busy" but she was not effective. She was distracted by the cares of the world like so many of us. You see, Mary had the spirit of recognition which needs no prompting from outside sources. Mary had supernatural discernment and without provocation knew she must tend to the Lord God; no matter what the cost (see the "alabaster box" in John 12:1-3).

We are witnessing this same problem today in the modern day church; we have too many Martha's (people preoccupied, too busy doing nothing and distracted by the enemy) and not enough Mary's (people fixated on Christ and serving Him first and then meeting the needs of His people in the marketplace). The spirit of Martha is NOT GENDER SPECIFIC. There are too many men burdened with the spirit of Martha as well and they need to be delivered from that spirit by spending more time at the feet of Jesus...

That is the place (at His feet) where the Believer will acquire the spirit of Mary! Selah...